@article{ART002348616},
author={Kim Sowon},
title={Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi},
journal={Journal of Popular Narrative},
issn={1738-3188},
year={2018},
volume={24},
number={2},
pages={275-304},
doi={10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Sowon
TI - Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi
JO - Journal of Popular Narrative
PY - 2018
VL - 24
IS - 2
PB - The Association of Popular Narrative
SP - 275
EP - 304
SN - 1738-3188
AB - Don-in-nyo and Hujyosi are expressions for women readers who enjoy BL(Boys’ Love) enthusiastically, the genre drawing upon male homosexuality. BL started as Syonenai, a genre of Syojyomanga in the mid-1970s. The BL genre first appeared as Dojinshi(Coterie Magazine) by amateur writers and readers, and was commercialized thereafter. However, it was drastically excluded from the mainstream. This was common in South Korea and Japan.
This paper analyzes Yamaoka Shigeyuki’s book, The Psychology of Hujyosi. He carried out a survey targeting college students, and analyzed the results. He studied the psychological features of Hujyosi and the characteristics of BL. BL is a resistance against the passive women’s representation of Syojyomanga, and a momentum in which women readers are liberated from sexual oppression.
Yamaoka analyses Hujyosi objectively. As a result, he discovered that Hujyosi hope to gain close connections with the features of BL. In addition, he explained that Hujyosi felt happiness through their passionate interests over BL. This study on Hujyosi has a value as a major preceding research on the women readers who emerged as new consumers of BL and webtoon platforms of the same genre in South Korea.
KW - Hujyoshi;Dong-in-nyo;Dong-in Culture;Otaku;BL;yaoi;Syonenai;Boys’ Love
DO - 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
ER -
Kim Sowon. (2018). Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi. Journal of Popular Narrative, 24(2), 275-304.
Kim Sowon. 2018, "Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi", Journal of Popular Narrative, vol.24, no.2 pp.275-304. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon "Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi" Journal of Popular Narrative 24.2 pp.275-304 (2018) : 275.
Kim Sowon. Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi. 2018; 24(2), 275-304. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon. "Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi" Journal of Popular Narrative 24, no.2 (2018) : 275-304.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon. Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi. Journal of Popular Narrative, 24(2), 275-304. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon. Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi. Journal of Popular Narrative. 2018; 24(2) 275-304. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon. Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi. 2018; 24(2), 275-304. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
Kim Sowon. "Why They are Enthusiastic about Boys’ Love?―Ymamaoka Shigeyuki’s The Psychology of Hujyosi" Journal of Popular Narrative 24, no.2 (2018) : 275-304.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.2.009
